COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Purdue football team fell 45-0 on the road to No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Ohio Stadium.
Devin Mockobee led the ground attack for the Boilermakers, recording 73 of the Boilermakers’ 98 yards rushing on 13 carries with an average of 5.6 yards per rush.
Mockobee added 14 yards on a pair of receptions to finish with 87 all-purpose yards. The Boonville, Ind., native became the 19th player in program history to top 3,000 all-purpose yards in a career.
Hudson Card connected on 9-of-19 passing for 108 yards. Seven different receivers caught a pass, led by two from Mockobee and Max Klare. Klare has caught two or more passes in every game this season.
Shamar Rigby and Jaron Tibbs set career-long receptions of 29 and 28 yards, respectively. Purdue finished with 206 yards of total offense.
Dillon Thieneman led Purdue on the defensive side with 11 tackles with eight solos and a pass breakup. It was the eighth double-digit tackle game of his career.
Purdue finished with three tackles for loss, coming from Cole Brevard’s first full sack of the year and a tackles-for-loss from Shitta Sillah and Kyndrich Breedlove.
The Buckeyes were led by Will Howard’s 260 yards on 21-of-26 passing and three touchdowns. Ohio State rushed for 130 yards, led by Treveyon Henderson’s 85 yards on six carries and one touchdown.
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The Boilermakers return to Ross-Ade Stadium for the final time this season for a 3:30 p.m. kick next Saturday against No. 6 Penn State on CBS.
